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Friday November 20 Disciples Need to Begin Again
November 20, 2015 by
Thursday Feast of Saint Agnes of Assisi To Serve God or Anyone Costs
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Tuesday November 17 A Beautiful Article on not Hating – A Husband Refuses to Hate the Radical Terrorists
November 17, 2015 by
Husband Of Paris Attack Victim Sends Defiant Message To ISIS 1 / 26
The Huffington Post
© JEWEL SAMAD via Getty Images People hold French flags during a vigil near the Survivor Tree at the 9/11 memorial in New York on November 16, 2015, for the victims of the Paris terrorist attacks. A series of coordinated attacks by g…
“I will not grant you the gift of my hatred.”
That’s what Antoine Leiris, a Parisian whose wife was killed in the Paris terrorist attacks on Friday, wrote in a powerful Facebook status three days after the tragedy. His wife, 35-year-old hair and makeup artist Helene Muyal-Leiris, was killed in the Bataclan concert hall on Friday, HuffPost France reported Monday. Muyal-Leiris leaves behind her husband and one 17-month-old son, Melvil.
Throughout his post, Leiris addresses an unnamed person or group of people in the second person. On Saturday, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks, and French President Francois Hollande vowed a “merciless” response.
The post was translated from French, and edited for clarity:
YOU WILL NOT HAVE MY HATRED
Friday night, you took an exceptional life — the love of my life, the mother of my son — but you will not have my hatred. I don’t know who you are and I don’t want to know, you are dead souls. If this God, for whom you kill blindly, made us in his image, every bullet in the body of my wife would have been one more wound in his heart.
So, no, I will not grant you the gift of my hatred. You’re asking for it, but responding to hatred with anger is falling victim to the same ignorance that has made you what you are. You want me to be scared, to view my countrymen with mistrust, to sacrifice my liberty for my security. You lost.
I saw her this morning. Finally, after nights and days of waiting. She was just as beautiful as when she left on Friday night, just as beautiful as when I fell hopelessly in love over 12 years ago. Of course I am devastated by this pain, I give you this little victory, but the pain will be short-lived. I know that she will be with us every day and that we will find ourselves again in this paradise of free love to which you have no access.
We are just two, my son and me, but we are stronger than all the armies in the world. I don’t have any more time to devote to you, I have to join Melvil who is waking up from his nap. He is barely 17-months-old. He will eat his meals as usual, and then we are going to play as usual, and for his whole life this little boy will threaten you by being happy and free. Because no, you will not have his hatred either.
As of Monday afternoon, over 35,000 people on Facebook had shared Leiris’ post and over 100 had commented. Read the full entry in French.
Two mourners kiss outside the Bataclan concert hall, which was a site of last Friday’s attacks, adorned with a banner reading “Freedom is a monument which can not be destroyed”, in Paris, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015. France is demanding security aid and assistance from the European Union in the wake of the Paris attacks and has triggered a never-before-used article in the EU’s treaties to secure it.A woman weeps as she kneels near bouquets of flowers and burning candles at the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, November 16, 2015, as people continue to pay tribute to the victims of the series of deadly attacks in the French capital on Friday.La Grande Roue on Concorde Place turns blue, white and red in honour of the victims of Friday’s terrorist attacks, on November 16, 2015 in Paris, France. Countries across Europe joined France today to observe a one minute-silence in an expression of solidarity with the victims of the terrorist attacks, which left at least 129 people dead and hundreds more injured.The arch at Wembley stadium is lit in the colors of France’s flag, and France’s motto “Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite” emblazoned on Wembley stadium in north London, November 16, 2015. France and England’s football teams will go ahead with a scheduled friendly soccer match at Wembley tomorrow. REUTERS/Paul Hackett TPX IMAGES OF THE DAYA couple look at the sails of the Sydney Opera House that are lit in the colors of the French flag in Sydney, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, following the terrorist attacks in Paris. French police are hunting for possible accomplices of assailants who terrorized Paris concert-goers, cafe diners and soccer fans in the country’s deadliest peacetime attacks, a succession of explosions and shootings that cast a dark shadow over this luminous tourist destination. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Monday November 16 – Our Hearts and Prayers are with the People of Paris
November 16, 2015 by
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Sunday Prayers for the People of Paris, France – Franciscan Call for Peace
November 16, 2015 by
United States of America • Canada • Ireland • England • Malta • Lithuania ENGLISH SPEAKING CONFERENCE OF THE ORDER OF FRIARS MINOR SECRETARIAT: 125 Thompson Street • New York, NY 10012 • 212.674.4388 exec@escofm.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRANCISCANS CALL FOR PEACE IN WAKE OF PARIS TRAGEDY
We join our voices to those around the world to express our deepest condolences following horrific acts of terror that took place in Paris yesterday. We continue to yearn and work for a world that is free of vengeance and violence and terror.
We pray for all of those whose lives were lost, all those who have been gravely injured, and those who now bear the burden of grief; for all those who have rushed in to provide assistance and security; and that we might find new ways to give birth to peace from the ashes of terror.
We call upon the spirit and intercession of our founder, St. Francis of Assisi, that we might all become “instruments of peace” and that all people of goodwill can come to see that terror and violence are never the solutions to the problems we face.
May all those whose lives were taken in this tragedy rest in peace, and may everyone – especially the people of Paris – feel the closeness of our Loving God during these days of trial and struggle.
Provincial Ministers of the English Speaking Conference of the Franciscan Order
Very Rev. Hugh McKenna, OFM
Province of Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
Very Rev. Kevin Mullen, OFM
Holy Name Province
New York, NY, USA
Very Rev. James Gannon, OFM
Assumption BVM Province
Franklin, WI, USA
Very Rev. Primo Piscitello, OFM
Immaculate Conception Province
New York, NY, USA
Very Rev. Marc LeGoanvec, OFM
St. Joseph Province
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Very Rev. Patrick Lonsdale
Immaculate Conception Custody
London, England
Very Rev. Dennis Vavrek, OFM
Christ the King Province
Cochrane, Alberta, Canada
Very Rev. Jack Clark Robinson, OFM
Our Lady of Guadalupe Province
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Very Rev. William Spencer, OFM
Sacred Heart Province
St. Louis, MO, USA
Very Rev. John Hardin, OFM
Saint Barbara Province
Oakland, CA, USA
Very Rev. Jeff Scheeler, OFM
Saint John the Baptist Province
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Very Rev. Richard Grech, OFM
St. Paul the Apostle Province
Malta
Very Rev. Astijus Kungys, OFM
St. Casimir Province
Vilnius, Lithuania
Very Rev. Jozo Grbeš, OFM
Croatian Custody of the Holy Family
Chicago, IL, USA
The English Speaking Conference represents more than 1,600 Franciscan friars
living and ministering in the English-speaking countries of the world.
Novenber 14 Sent to Us by a Young Adult -Not from the University of Missouri, by the Way – Peace Choir Give Peace a Chance
November 14, 2015 by
Friday November 13 Feast of St-Francis-Xavier-Cabrini-Patron-Saint-of-Immigrants-
November 13, 2015 by
Here is a Woman for our Day.
Monastery Happenings 2015-11-12 15:07:00
November 12, 2015 by
Eberhard Arnold
God is always ready. With the intensity of his holy will,
he longs for people of faith to speak, pray, live, and
believe so completely in the living Jesus that he is at last
able to intervene and act as he has always wanted to act.
In answer to our faith, and to the measure of our faith,
everything will be done just as we ask. There is no wall,
no mountain, and no barrier too high for the prayer of
faith.
Wednesday November 11 Veterans Day
November 11, 2015 by
Prayer For Troops
Priest: Let us pray for our brothers and sisters as they go forth with courage and determination to face the forces of violence, weapons of destruction and hearts filled with hate.
RESPONSE: THROUGH THE DARKNESS BRING US TO THE LIGHT.
Deacon or Reader:
For our Commander-In-Chief, President Barack Obama and our political and military leaders that they may tirelessly seek peaceful settlements to international disputes; we pray to the Lord:
For our Commander-In-Chief, President Barack Obama and our political and military leaders that they may tirelessly seek peaceful settlements to international disputes; we pray to the Lord:
That the Lord may preserve the members of our Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard and Air Force from all harm; we pray to the Lord:
That even in war, we may keep clearly before us the defense of all human rights, especially the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; we pray to the Lord:
That the families, relatives and friends of our military members may be strengthened in this time of concern and anxiety; we pray to the Lord:
That the Lord may help families with men and women in the armed forces to cope with daily challenges in the absence of their loved ones; we pray to the Lord:
That our homeland will be preserved from violence and terrorism; we pray to the Lord:
That the nations of the world will seek to work together in harmony and peace; we pray to the Lord:
That the hearts of all men and women will be moved to pursue true peace and justice; we pray to the Lord:
That violence may be overcome by peace; that weapons of destruction be transformed into tools of justice, and hate give way to true charity; we pray to the Lord:
That grateful for and inspired by those veterans who have given their lives for our country we may bravely face the challenges ahead; we pray to the Lord:
Priest: Lord God, Almighty Father,
creator of mankind and author of peace,
as we are ever mindful of the cost paid for the liberty we possess,
we ask you to bless the members of our armed forces.
Give them courage, hope and strength.
May they ever experience your firm support, gentle love and compassionate healing.
Be their power and protector, leading them from darkness to light.
To you be all glory, honor and praise, now and forever.
Amen.
